Ep. 25 Talking Fame and Identity with Zeke Smith

Today on The Stacks we are joined by Zeke Smith. Zeke is a writer and trans activist who you may know best from his seasons on Survivor (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X, Survivor: Game Changers). This week we talk reality TV fame, self-identification, and Zeke's favorite genre of books (hint: its not wha you think).

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon

• The Quiet American by Graham Greene

• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer

• The Last Lion by William Manchester and Paul Reid

• White Teeth by Zadie Smith

• China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

• Feminasty by Erin Gibson

• Bleak House by Charles Dickens

• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

• The World According to Garp by John Irving

• The Histories by Herodotus

• Fear by Bob Woodward

• Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman

• One Bullet Away by Nathaniel C. Fick

• The Good Soldiers by David Finkel

• Dick Couch

• Transgender History by Susan Stryker

• My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum

• You are a Badass by Jen Sincero

• The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

• The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

• Through my Eyes by Tim Tebow and Nathan Whitaker

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Graham Greene

• Encountering God by Diana L. Eck

• Survivor (CBS)

• GLAAD

• Transforming Family

• Jeff Probst

• Chris Harrison

• Longchamp Purse

• The Bachelor (ABC)

• The Real Housewives (Bravo)

• Teresa Guidice

• "'Survivor' Contestant Opens Up About Being Outed as Transgender" (Zeke Smith, The Hollywood Reporter)

• Goodreads

• Rachel Maddow

• Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)

• Nico Santos

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